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OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF CHAUCER. 
dar — dare. 
Pres. Sing. 1,3. dar, 11561, 13712, 13795. Sax. dear. 
2. darst, 1142. : dearst. 
Plur. dar, iii. 124; dor, 12589. durron. 
Imperf. dorste, durste, etc., 227, 6975. dorste. 
may — may. | 
Indic. Pres. Sing. 1,3. may, 14571, 230. : meg. 
, might, 5758 ; may, 1920, iii. 133 ; mow, 12388. miht. 
mayst, maist, 1245, 3151. 
mowen, 3884, 12609 ; mowe, 3001, 11142. magon. 
PI. 1 
mow, 6564, 7304 ; may, 3000, 6561. 
Pres. Subj.(?) mowe, 12228; mow, 12388. mege. 
Imperf. Sing. 1, 3. | 
Plur. 
mot — must (debeo), may. 
Indic. Pres. Sing. 1, 3. 
3: 
Plur. 
Ind. Imperf. 
Subj. 
Imperf. = debeo : H 
Sing. 1, 3. 
Plur. 
In the sense of may. 
owe — debeo. 
mighte, mihte, 586, 1272, 1370, 1407, 1476, 4142, 6505, 9640, mihte. 
11415, 13547 f, 14261, 16140, 16152, 16399, 16797. 
might, 322, 6560, 7750, 14199, 14207 f, 14272 f, 14680, 15794, 
16405, 16632. 
mighten, 570. 
might, 1991, 4115, 6720, 14904, 16477. 
mot, moot (debeo), 1171, 1297, 1647, 1648, 13641, 14164, mot. 
14421, 14429, 14571, 14597, 14773. 
most, must, 5922, 13640. most. 
mooten, 232 ; moote, 7690, 10630 ; mot, 744. : moton. 
moste, 3090, 5306, 10352, 10908, 13620, 15996. moste. 
moste, 10890. « 
moste, most (as a present — Pogai must), 887, 1292, 4702, 
11629, 14206, 14422, 14423, 14683. 
mosten, moste, 3297, 5130. 
Pres. Subj. mot = may: I pray to God his kki mot to breke, 3916; so mot 
I the, 6853, 9102 ; blessed mot thou be, 8433, 14847. 
Imp. Subj. most — might: (preyde) that she most kisse, 8426 ; so, 4800. 
(See further on, Impersonal Verbs.) 
Pres. oweth — debet, 662, ii. 334. ; Sax. âh. 
Imperf. Sing. oughte, ought 
aughte, aught 
bi . 363, 365; 15863; (monkes) oughte be, 15054. 
Plur. oughten 
oughte 
schal = Eng. shall. 
i = debet, 3053, 3091, 4931, ii. 364. &hte. 
(See further on, Impersonal Verbs.) 
Present, Sing. 1, 8. schal, 1140, 1166. sceal. 
2. schalt, 1155, 7099 ; schal? 1147. scealt. 
( schullen, 1823, 1824, 12169. sculon. 
schuln, 6526, 7932, 14639. 
Plur. / schul, 1867, 11648, 12156; schol, 16433. 
schal, 4553, 4658. 
| sul (dialectic), 4172. 
Imperf. scholde, schulde, etc., 13566, 13667, 14859. sceolde. 
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